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climbing protection 30-Oct-2014 At 12:05:05 PM DMWdesign

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On 30/10/2014 Timfreddo wrote:
>As Owain said above, most people just make use with the gear they would
>have had for the canyon. Theyre all short(ish) pitches, so putting your
>rope through one biner straight into the bolt (all of them are rings or
>fixed hangers) will be fine.
>In the case of butterbox 4 carabiners and one of your Prussics (used as
>a foothold near the top) will do you. There's 2 ring bolts at the top so
>a sling to equalise and a biner for a munter to belay is fine)
>
>Arathusa you probably want a couple more biners and maybe 2 or 3 slings
>for trees, belaying with minter os fine here too. As Owain said the crux
>of arathusa (except getting lost on walk in and out, very veauge track)
>is a 8m overhanging hand over hand up a very slippery waterfall, pretty
>much 2 or 3 pull ups with not much for feet.

Thanks Timfreddo for these useful tips
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